Is FEMA a "turkey farm"?

While I was in south Florida in 1992 working on the rescue and recovery from hurricane Andrew, ... from FEMA.Before hurricane Andrew, a report by Congress said:"FEMA is widely viewed as a political [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 16:19:00

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Another Week of GW News, July 22, 2007

Courtesy of H.E.Taylor, here is this week's GW news roundup(skip to bottom) Top Stories, Australian Cap&Trade, CU-Boulder SLR Report, North Pole Swim, Darfur Hurricanes ... , Europe, Australia, India, China, Canada Ecological Economics, Apocalypso, Books Energy, NPC Report [more...]

Date: 2007-07-24 11:47:00

FTC: Beware of hurricane relief telemarketing scams

As sure as there will be hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico each year, ... that people should be wary of bogus fundraising operations that are trying to steal consumers' credit ... hurricane-related trickery that's going on -- there are reports of potential gasoline price gouging [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 21:16:29

The Bush doctrine in ruins

Body: The Bush doctrine in ruins By Tom Engelhardt On the brief occasions when President George W Bush now appears in the ... into chaos, killer squads of credit default swaps, and a hurricane of financial collapse ... " in the presidential election. Think of that as the equivalent of a report card on Bush's economic policies [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 02:51:02

Judge Who Faces Impeachment Took Cash, Gifts From Lawyers With Pending Cases

by Christina Jewett , ProPublica - [ Federal Judge Thomas Porteous Jr. faces impeachment for accepting cash and gifts, including rooms in Las Vegas ... . (Credit: Flickr User: fusionpanda/ProPublica) As Hurricane Ike barreled down on south Texas ... released results of a Justice Department investigation (PDF) and 5th Circuit special committee report [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 19:07:00

Ike's Impact on Local Creditworthiness Minimal

The credit market impact from Ike, the Category 2 hurricane that made landfall Sept. 12 on the southeastern Texas coast, so far is not nearly as severe as the flooding and wind damage suffered in the coastal areas, said Moody’s Investor Services in a special report on the storm’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 19:18:26

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